2022 Academy on sustainable cultural management and policy

Online and Maastricht , Netherlands

Catherine Bottrill

Associate, Catherine Bottrill Julie’s Bicycle

https://juliesbicycle.com/

Catherine has 20 years’ experience working in environmental sustainability. Catherine as CEO of Pilio leads the development of innovative products, services, and business models for business communities to play their part in the necessary transition to create a climate, nature, and people positive world. Pilio supports organisations across the economy - including: the arts, heritage, fashion, education, retail and land management. Catherine and her team have worked with Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, to carbon footprint their impact and develop their net zero strategy to achieve net zero by 2027. Catherine has worked with Julie's Bicycle since 2007 and was Director of Strategy until 2019 at Julie’s Bicycle running the Creative Green Programme, which included developing sustainability strategies for the Royal Albert Hall, BRIT Awards, OCC, TATE and V&A. Catherine built up the Creative Green community to 50+ organisations becoming certified per annum in good sustainability practice and launched for CG Awards. Catherine leads Julie's Bicycle's Arts Council England Spotlight prorgamme supporting 30 large arts organisations set and implement science-based carbon reduction targets. Pilo Catherine was a researcher at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute working on building energy use, sustainability innovation and climate policy. Catherine holds an MSc in Environmental Management from Yale University School of the Environment. In 2016, selected as one of 12 women on the 2016 Angel Academe for women in tech supported by the City of London.  Open Data Institute’s 2019 Women Entrepreneur Longlist.